Display device



A. J. GANZ.

DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1921.

PatentedSept. 5, 1922 5 SHEET-SHEET l.

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A. J. GANZ.

DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1921.

Patented Spt. 5,1922,

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.A. J. GANZ, DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1921.

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DISPLAY DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1921.

Patented Sept. 5,1922.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

patelritetlv Sept; 5, 1922, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT J. GANZ, NEW YORK, N. Y., ASS IGNOR TO EINSON LITHQINCORPORATED,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I

DISPLAY DEVICE.

Application filed June 10, 921. Serial No. 476,385.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention.

Figs. 1 and 2 are perspective views illustrating respectively the front and rear faces of the device in the open position for displaying the contents;

' Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of.

the same; I

Figs. 4 and 5 are horizontal sectlons on the correspondingly numbered lines of Fig. 3

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the devlce closed for shipment of the contents;

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are blanks from which the container is formed;

Figs. 10 and 11 are perspective'vlews of a modified design;

'Fig. 12 is a blank for the same; Fi s. 13 and 14 are perspectlveand sectiona views respectively showing the manner of assembling.

Referring to the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the device comprises a pair of pockets 1 and 2, the latter standing at an elevation above the former and offset backward therefrom so that each pocket may carry a separate line of articles 3, both of .wall. forthe upper pocket; the upper pocket having end walls 8 and a high back 9. The upper pocket is pivotally supported along the edge 10 of the back wallof the lower ocket. The lower side walls 6 have their forward edges vertical for 'a distance equal to the depth of the pocket and then offset to the rear so that when the container is folded as in Fig. 6 the edges 11 of the sides 6 Will substantially meet the edges 12 of the sides 8 and close the ends of the contamer. In this closed position the articles 3 1n the upper and lower pockets, respectively, will lie end to end against each other and be carried snugly in the package.

The flap 4 is hinged along the dotted lines 13 and has a pr0]e0ting tongue 14 which, when the flap is opened as in Fig. 1, is forced forward over the corresponding edge 15 of the back of the upper pocket and frictionally holds the flap in upright position; the natural tendency being for .the upper portion of the flap to bend forward. When the device is'to be used for shipping the fla 4 is bent down against the face of the bac 9 and its corners pushed through the curved slots 16 to hold it flat; so that when the container is closed the flap 14 will overlie the front wall 5 of the lower pocket as shown in Fig. 6. In the shipping position, therefore, the articles are carried in a rectangular box, the ends of which are closed by the sides 8 and 6 of the pockets, the sides of which are closed by the backs 9 and 7 of the. pockets and the ends of which are closed by the bottoms 17 and 18 (Figs. .3 and 6) of the pockets. I

The device is held in the open position by means of a stifi' brace 19 fastened on the back of the lower pocket and adapted to be collapsed into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 5 for shipping or to be extended to the full line position when the device is open so as to enlarge the base of the device and also to grip the upper pocket and hold it open against its natural tendency to swing forward. For the latter purpose the sides 20 of the brace are provided at their upper outer edges with tongues 21' forming shoulders for engagement with the back 9 of the upper pocket. In setting the device the upper part ofthe back 7 of the lower pocket will yield sufficiently to permit the back 9 of the upper pocket to be forced down inside the tongues 21, where it will be held by friction and by the weight of the articles in the upper pocket.

The device is made of any usual or suitable material, preferably stifi' cardboard which will hold its shape and which will permit bending of the parts about the hinge lines necessary to close it for shipment and to open it for display. It may be convenone of the sides 8 is a side 6 of the lower pocket. Connected to the other edge of the side 6 is a part 7 constituting an outer ply of the back of the lower pocket and carrying at opposite ends the two sides 6 of this pocket and certain tabs 23 at the lower ends of said sides. See Fig. 5. Above the part 7 is a strip 7' which is to be folded back in the manner indicated in Fig. 3 to form part of the front wall of the upper ocket. Above this is a strip 18 forming the ottom of the upper pocket and on the edge of the strip 18 is a long tab 24 which is bent up for attachment to and reinforcement of the lower part of the back 9 of the upper pocket as shown in Fig. 3.

Extending from one of the side portions 6 is the strip 5 which constitutes the front wall of the lower pocket and adjoining this a strip'17 constituting the bottom of this ocket and a long tab 25 which is bent up or attachment to and reinforcement of the lower pocket; the strip 5 carrying at its free end a tab 26 to be bent up against the inner face of the corresponding side wall of this pocket.

Similarly the strip 7* has at one end a tab 27 to be bent up against the inner face of a side 8 of the upper pocket and fastened thereto. See Figs. 3 and 4.

Fig. 8 shows the sheet 7 which constitutes the face-ply of the back of the lower pocket with a beveled extension 28 adapted to be folded over the parts 7 and 7 b to reinforce the hinge, and having a further extension 29 (Fig. 3) for application to the bottom of the upper pocket to stiffen this and hold the parts together.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 indicate the manner of assembling these parts and it will be understood that they are fastened together by glue or wire or other suitable fastening means so as to leave the two pockets and the flap 4 free to hinge in the manner described. Fig. 9 is a blank for the brace 19 with its sides 20 and with tabs 30 for attachment to the back of the lower pocket. The manner of folding is indicated by the dotted lines.

A construction in which the parts may be fastened together entirely by cutting and folding, without the use of glue or fasteners, except for the brace at' the back, is shown in Figs. 10 to 14. In this case the back 9 of the upper pocket has a strip 31 along one edge adapted to form the bottom of the upper pocket, and at the outer edge of this is a strip 32 adapted to be bent up against the front wallof the outer pocket. Instead of the tabs 26 and 27 of the previously described figures which were glued or otherwise fastened to the sides of the upper pocket, there is used in this modification extensions 33 and 34 from the front portion 7 of the upper pocket and from the front portion 5 of the lower pocket, these extensions adapted to be bent backin the manner shown in Fig. 13 along the side wall of the corresponding pocket. That is, the extension 34 will be folded outside of the side wall 6 of the lower pocket and a fastening tab 35 on the end of said extension will be folded first on the dotted line 36, Fig. 12, and then on the dotted line 37 to bring it to the shape shown in Fig. 13 and then will be passed through a registering slot 38 at the rear edge of the side, wall 6 and will be unfolded in the manner indicated in the left hand lower corner of Fig. 10. Similarly the extension 33 carries a tab 39 which will be folded transversely along the line 40 and then longitudinally along a line 41 and passed through a slot 42 in the rear edge of one of the side walls 8 of the upper pocket. These tabs inserted and then unfolded in the manner described serve to unite the parts firmly and particularly to fasten the front wall of each pocket to the rear wall of the same.

The supplementary piece 7 shown in Fig. 8 is practically a waste piece out out of the upper left hand corner of the blank, Fig. 7. The 'material of these boxes may be pasteboard with a right side which is smoothly finished and a wrong side which is rough and comparatively unattractive. In that case the part 7 being cutout from the blank will be turned so as to expose the right side, on which fine printing for decoration or advertisement may be ap lied.

Fig. 11 shows a modification of the race which consists of a pair of leaves 43 with shoulders at the top to hold the upper pocket, and with openings 44 on their inner edges; and a horizontally hing-ed leaf 45 is arranged with notches on its outer edge i which in the horizontal position illustrated will hold the leaves-43' vertical. When the leaf 45 is swung up flat against the back of the lower pocket its edges lie clear within the enlargement46 of the aforesaidspace and thus relieve the leaves 43 and permit them also to be folded back outward. This is the positionfor shipping, and the parts of the brace are of the thickness of only one ply against the back of the package, which is preferable to the two-ply arrangement of the brace shown in Figs. 2 and 3 when the box is ready for shipment.

Though I have described with great particularity of detail a specific embodiment of my invention yet it is not to be understood therefrom that the invention is restricted to the particular embodiment disclosed. Vari ous modifications thereof in detail and in the arrangement of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art-without d arture from the invention as" defined fiif'the followin claims.

What claim isv 1. A display device comprising a pair of pockets one standing above and back of the other and hinged together so that one may be folded over the other to form a closed package for the contents, said device including a single sheet extending over the back, bottom and front wall of the upperpocket and the back of the lower pocket.

2. A display device comprising a pair of pockets one standing above and back of the other and hinged together so that one may be folded over the other to form a closed package for the contents, said device including a single sheet extending over the back, bottom and front wall of the-upper pocket and the back of the lower pocket, and having integral portions forming the sides of both pockets.

3; A display device comprising a pair of pockets one standing above and back of the other and hinged together so that one may be folded over the other to form a closed package for the contents, said device including a single sheet extending over the back, bottom and front wall of the upper pocket and the back of the lower pocket, and having integral portions forming the sides of both pockets and also portions forming the bottom and front wall of the lower pocket.

4. A display device comprising a pair of pockets one standing above and back of the other and hinged together so that one may be folded over the other to form a closed package for the contents, sa1d device including a single sheet extending over the back, bottom and front wall of the upper pocket and the back of the lower pocket, and a second sheet overlying the portion of the first sheet which forms the front wall of the upper pocket and the back wall of'the lower pocket.

In witnesswhereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

ALBERT J. GANZ. 

